GCrites80s 389 Report post Posted December 12, 2018 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jmecklenborg 527 Report post Posted December 12, 2018 12 minutes ago, surfohio said: Ha! I too have experienced enemy doors growing up. So annoying. I feel for the wealthy types in big houses, who have never had to deal with doorknob entanglement. Also, my dad made us put the cat in the basement during dinner since it lurked around the table like a dog waiting for something to fall off. So instead it spent the whole time, every night, sticking its paw through the gap under the basement door. We moved to a new house and as luck would have it...that house's basement door was ALSO right by the kitchen table, in fact, even closer. The cat reprised his paw act the first night we moved in. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bfwissel 28 Report post Posted December 13, 2018 Wow, me too on growing up with the "enemy doors" (love that term). Must have been a design flaw propagated for years until someone finally said something to the architects. Quote "Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago." - Warren Buffett Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jmecklenborg 527 Report post Posted December 13, 2018 23 hours ago, surfohio said: Ha! I too have experienced enemy doors growing up. So annoying. I feel for the wealthy types in big houses, who have never had to deal with doorknob entanglement. Ahem. I just ran across this one today. It's 1968 and I can imagine the man of the house coming home from a long day at work. The wife has dinner on the stove. The kids are running around chasing the dog. But somebody left that closet door open AGAIN and he nails it as he steps into the house. A 90-minute episode follows where he yells at the wife, the kids, kicks the dog, then repeats it all 4-5 times through dinner before settling down with a glass of rum to watch TV. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
surfohio 480 Report post Posted December 14, 2018 Holy cow it's the Laverne and Shirely setup that Crites posted! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jmecklenborg 527 Report post Posted January 28 Here you go...a house with a radio tower model in the front yard, plus a real one in the back yard: https://www.sibcycline.com/Listing/CIN/1603930/734-Mt-Hope-Ave-Price-Hill-OH-45204 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ColDayMan 584 Report post Posted January 28 More importantly, why are there TWO dishes? Quote "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jmecklenborg 527 Report post Posted May 9 This house has an elevator, a "lego room", and wait for it... https://www.sibcycline.com/Listing/CIN/1621147/807-Considine-Ave-Price-Hill-OH-45205 Mind blown. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ColDayMan 584 Report post Posted May 9 That rock climbing wall is atrocious. Quote "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jmecklenborg 527 Report post Posted August 26 (edited) This is a solid McMicken St. listing. Like a piece of Beekman St., but uncomfortably close to civilization gentrification. https://www.sibcycline.com/Listing/CIN/1635390/2902-W-McMicken-Ave-Clifton-OH-45225 Pretty much every photo in that collection is a lot more interesting the more you look at it. How old are those drapes? Oooh...a barometer: What is this thing? How is it the exact size of the mantle? Edited August 26 by jmecklenborg Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
seaswan 21 Report post Posted August 26 love the neon green flooring... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ram23 80 Report post Posted August 26 10 hours ago, jmecklenborg said: What is this thing? How is it the exact size of the mantle? And what is in the fireplace behind it? It looks like the same family has lived in/owned that house since 1955. That always makes for an interesting real estate listing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SleepyLeroy 46 Report post Posted September 3 Just saw this today poking around. Not sure if i ever saw land on two sides of a major street offered for sale as a single group before. https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/2721-Central-Pkwy-Cincinnati-OH/16032669/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thebillshark 89 Report post Posted September 3 3 minutes ago, SleepyLeroy said: Just saw this today poking around. Not sure if i ever saw land on two sides of a major street offered for sale as a single group before. https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/2721-Central-Pkwy-Cincinnati-OH/16032669/ Would be nice not to get a completely auto oriented development there. Quote www.cincinnatiideas.com Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jmecklenborg 527 Report post Posted September 3 47 minutes ago, thebillshark said: Would be nice not to get a completely auto oriented development there. ...the subway surfaces just south of this spot. There was a vacant brick building here with a billboard on top for many years on the south side of Marshall. Then the credit union disappeared along with the remnants of a gas station. If the developer is rich enough - or simply donates to Cranley - they can get the city to vacate the needless prong of the 5-way intersection. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ram23 80 Report post Posted September 3 2 hours ago, thebillshark said: Would be nice not to get a completely auto oriented development there. From the photos in the listing, it looks like it's being marketed for either an auto-oriented development or an urban development. It is a bit far from the nearest I-75 exits - or, rather, difficult to get to from the exits (Hopple has the confusing and time consuming White Castle jughandle down to Central and Harrison only has access to the west), so hopefully that discourages a fast food/gas station type development. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jmecklenborg 527 Report post Posted September 4 1 hour ago, Ram23 said: From the photos in the listing, it looks like it's being marketed for either an auto-oriented development or an urban development. It is a bit far from the nearest I-75 exits - or, rather, difficult to get to from the exits (Hopple has the confusing and time consuming White Castle jughandle down to Central and Harrison only has access to the west), so hopefully that discourages a fast food/gas station type development. They could take the swing out of Central Parkway that followed the route of the canal and open up a larger contiguous piece of land. Have Central Parkway slope downward a bit to meet Marshall just east of the I-75 overpass. It's interesting that the rapid transit planners chose to deviate in this section from the canal. The stated purpose was to enable trains to travel at their top planned speed of 45mph - if you attempt to take the curve on Central Parkway at 45mph you will squeal your tires. But since they built a station at Marshall, the trains would have to slow down anyway - the local trains, at least. There were definite plans for the interurbans to run express, so that's why the alignment had to be straight. Further south, the Brighton Station was positioned so as to force trains to slow down while negotiating the canal's S-curve in that area. So while express trains would have been able to speed through Marshall, they would have had to slow down in Brighton. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SleepyLeroy 46 Report post Posted September 4 NKU adjacent as well, while also connected to both Florida AND Canada? Take my money now please! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oudd 20 Report post Posted September 25 This West End listing comes "with view of Central Pkwy." I'll let you be the judge if that view is worth it: https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/427-Whiteman-St-Cincinnati-OH-45214/34236640_zpid/? 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SleepyLeroy 46 Report post Posted September 25 "View of the former Rhine" from WeEn Lo-TR (Pronounced Weenloter) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jmecklenborg 527 Report post Posted September 25 Everyone's suddenly trying to get top dollar for average buildings on chopped-up West End blocks. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BigDipper 80 180 Report post Posted September 27 ^I've got one even better: Quote “To an Ohio resident - wherever he lives - some other part of his state seems unreal.” Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GCrites80s 389 Report post Posted September 27 ^Make sure to give all your money to the internet rather than spend it in your community so that Silicon Valley can continue on like that. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
taestell 737 Report post Posted October 12 Here's another one that keeps getting weirder and weirder as you go further into the photo gallery... 1 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toddguy 288 Report post Posted October 12 On 9/27/2019 at 3:36 PM, BigDipper 80 said: ^I've got one even better: My soul is dead after this post. And no bathroom privileges? 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jmecklenborg 527 Report post Posted November 8 Here we have an otherwise on-trend modern house, but with a 2-floor freestanding screened-in porch. It looks like an aviary, but for visiting relatives: https://www.sibcycline.com/Listing/CIN/1643741/2902-Alpine-Ter-Mt-Lookout-OH-45208 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NsideProp 7 Report post Posted November 8 While poking around the county auditors site looking for info on 918 York in the West End, this interesting parcel came up. Its like 6" wide and runs the length of the property. Could this be some kind of easement ? What do others think about this? It has a completely different Parcel ID than the other 918 York. https://wedge.hcauditor.org/view/re/1840003016200/2018/aerial_imagery Property Description YORK ST 0.46 X 150 FT PT LOT While the other 918 York street is a complete mess. I walked a client through it last week. Its a beautiful disaster. It was listed in Aug for $120,000 !! Currently @ $98k. It would take someone 2 years and a quarter million dollars to get it nice again. https://www.sibcycline.com/Listing/1/1636778/918-York-St-Cincinnati-OH-45214/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ram23 80 Report post Posted November 14 Not necessarily "weird" - but possibly the nicest house I've ever seen for < $600,000: https://www.coldwellbankerhomes.com/oh/cincinnati/3886-reading-rd/pid_33673667/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freefourur 875 Report post Posted November 14 ^ Wow. What a great home. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ram23 80 Report post Posted November 14 ^ Yeah, it's just in an unfortunate spot. It would be worth double that if it ere a block east or west, rather than on Reading Road. It would be worth 4 or 5 times that if it were a mile away in Hyde Park. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GCrites80s 389 Report post Posted November 14 Divine, dahhling... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gramarye 153 Report post Posted November 14 This looks like the Cincinnati branch campus of Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters. Except that Cincinnati already has two schools named Xavier, so that would just be gilding the lily a bit. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Robuu 98 Report post Posted November 14 3 hours ago, Gramarye said: This looks like the Cincinnati branch campus of Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters. Except that Cincinnati already has two schools named Xavier, so that would just be gilding the lily a bit. The house is pretty close to XU, so it could be the mutant college in the uni. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MyTwoSense 720 Report post Posted November 15 11 hours ago, Ram23 said: Not necessarily "weird" - but possibly the nicest house I've ever seen for < $600,000: https://www.coldwellbankerhomes.com/oh/cincinnati/3886-reading-rd/pid_33673667/ Now, THIS is my kind of show home! HOWEVER, there are some glaring issues. The heating/cooling system would need to be replaced The windows would need to be replaced The kitchen would need to be gutted There are only TWO full baths for a SEVEN bedroom home. Both would need to be gutted. and most likely 2 of the 3 partial bathrooms would need to be gutted and expanded. The electrical panel will most likely need to upgraded for new appliances The home will most likely need to be upgraded for home network, security and solar panel The exterior is gorgeous but needs to be cleaned. Welcoming guest as you descend the stairs would be everything! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Robuu 98 Report post Posted November 15 Sounds like @MyTwoSense is ready to move to Cincinnati. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ColDayMan 584 Report post Posted November 15 No, he'll just be a drag to the Queen City. Quote "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MyTwoSense 720 Report post Posted November 17 On 11/15/2019 at 8:55 AM, Robuu said: Sounds like @MyTwoSense is ready to move to Cincinnati. Oh honey...No. Hard no. On 11/15/2019 at 10:38 AM, ColDayMan said: No, he'll just be a drag to the Queen City. Why don't you save your anger for the bedroom, where it belongs! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ColDayMan 584 Report post Posted November 18 11 hours ago, MyTwoSense said: Why don't you save your anger for the bedroom, where it belongs! Quote "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryanlammi 363 Report post Posted November 26 The paint job inside this home is quite something. https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/1539-3rd-St_Portsmouth_OH_45662_M44908-47726#photo0 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
